We had a most delicious, super high energy, nutritious weekend filled with food that was...
ALL RAW - ALL VEGAN - ALL ORGANIC
Friday
3 cups Green juice made with my
new juicer: spinach, cucumbers, celery, broccoli, lemon
Blueberries (1 container / 6 oz): I know what you might be thinking... fresh blueberries in the winter? Yes. Only, I won't be doing it again. I ordered them through the
company that delivers fresh organic produce to me weekly and I mistakenly presumed they were somewhat local (Mexico) and when they arrived I saw they were from Chile. Ugh. My bad. I typically don't eat produce that is grown and flown that far away.
Pure Bar:
Apple Cinnamon. Really good. I like all of their bars so I bought a couple of boxes of the variety pack
via Amazon last week. Plus, the company was kind enough to send me some, too, after they heard I had blogged about them recently. I'm all stocked up now. These are great for taking on the go or when breastfeeding - lol.
3 cups Purple Passion Smoothie (recipe in my current email newsletter, sign up
here if you're not a subscriber)
1 cup Kristen Suzanne's Harvest Soup: I decided to try it with tahini instead of oil and it was super fine (pictured right)! Original recipe
here. My Harvest Soup is loaded with fresh veggies that blend together to make a balanced, nutritious experience. I prefer to blend it until it's nice and warm (but not hot). Mmmmm.... delish.
1 bowl Go Raw's Chocolate Granola with my homemade Raw Organic Almond Milk: I always have a raw nut milk in my fridge because it can be used so many ways. I love guzzling it down plain or drenching my raw cereal with it or mixing it into smoothies or protein shakes or using it in desserts like puddings... there are so many ways to use it and so many different flavors you can make!
Lately, for my raw milk of choice, I've been soaking a couple of cups of raw almonds (you can get raw almonds
here), then I peel them (I love doing this, I know, strange right?), and then I
blend it with a container of
filtered water and 1/2 teaspoon of
this vanilla powder by Divine Organics. Finally, I strain it with a nut milk bag so it's super smooth (actually I use a paint strainer bag from the hardware store). Mega yum.
(Glass mason jars are a great way to store raw soups, dressings, nut milks, and all of your raw goodies. It doesn't leach icky toxins into your food and you can use a Sharpie on it to label it - easily scrubs off with a sponge and water. You can find glass mason jars at stores like Walmart or hardware stores or online at Amazon.)
And, as I wrote in my recent email newsletter, where I detailed two different ways to go raw with ease... having a stocked kitchen is mucho important to succeeding with the raw lifestyle. I have a few bags of raw cereal always in stock and Go Raw's Granolas are some of my faves (and I usually have batches of my own recipes, too!). I also recently bought a case of their Granola Bars (pictured to the right).
2 cups Kristen Suzanne's Harvest Soup with homegrown broccoli sprouts: I love eating raw soup with sprouts stirred in. They give it such a fun and unique texture.
1 bowl Go Raw's Chocolate Granola with homemade almond milk: I was craving another bowl big time.
3 prunes
Saturday
3 cups Green juice: This recipe had broccoli, kale, cucumbers, celery, and lemon juice
1 shot of E3-Live: One thing I've neglected to write in my food journal posts are the supplements that I'm taking that day. I thought I'd start adding that. So, in addition to the E3-Live today, I also had probiotics, multi-vitamin, calcium, DHA, B12, wheat grass tablets, and chlorella.
2/3 Apple
1 Pink Grapefruit
All-Star Collard Wrap: I love making wraps with collard greens. I feel so tribal and bad-ass eating my sandwich wrapped in a hard-core green. It had broccoli sprouts, Chili Cream Sauce, basil, shredded carrots, green leaf lettuce w/ coconut vinegar, olives, herbamere, chopped sea spaghetti, black pepper, and diced tomato.
(I normally can't stand sea veggies so I like to hide them in my food. Joanna from Sirova.com sent me some sea spaghetti to try, but I was really skeptical. After soaking them for 24-hours in water with a little lemon juice, I could still smell the stench that accompanies sea veggies. Ugh! I thought, how in the hell am I going to choke these down? I tried a bite with some sauce I made, but the slimy texture is just a little too much. I mean, if I gotta do it, I will, but I tried to think of another way to eat them. Light bulb moment - Chop them into pieces and put them in my wrap with a bunch of other stuff. Mmmm - perfecto! I couldn't detect them at all. Thanks Sirova.com for sending them to me.)
KeVita: I stumbled upon this new kombucha-type drink,
KeVita from Earth Source Organics, at Whole Foods the other day. The verdict? I really enjoy them. I slightly prefer the Mango over the Strawberry, but will continue to buy both. I haven't tried the plain yet, it's in my fridge. This isn't something I'll have daily in my diet, but it's a sassy fun treat. KeVita is lightly sweetened with organic stevia and made with active probiotics. I hope my Whole Foods Market gets the other flavors in stock to try.
Large Protein shake: This satisfying beverage had
Greener Grasses, 1.5 scoops
Sun Warrior Protein powder,
homemade curry, cinnamon, and homemade almond milk
1 Red Pear
Large Salad: Green leaf lettuce, blueberries, basil, tomato, sprouts, hemp seeds, olive oil, coconut vinegar,
Himalayan crystal salt and fresh ground black pepper. I love giant fresh salads even if it's just a big bowl of greens with a little dressing. There is something wonderful about the lightness, the pureness, and the simplicity that keeps me coming back for more.
Chia pudding: I think making chia pudding is fun, yet so simple. There are tons of variations that can be made (one of my most popular chia pudding recipes is found
here)I made this with my homemade almond milk and
chia seeds (I simply put 1 cup of almond milk with 1/4 cup chia seeds in a bowl and stirred. Then, waited 5 minutes and stirred again. Did that once more and then put in the fridge until ready to eat.) Greg and I split the final product.
2 Medjool Dates
4 oz Blueberries
3 Lydia's Organics crackers with Chili Cream Sauce
